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Audio Visual Links and Resources
Listed below are links to a variety of information to help produce an Audio Visual. Also listed are links to the various competitions held nationally and internationally. Please click on the appropriate link for details

Links and Resources
Please click on any of the links below
Optimizing your system to show AVs over Zoom
Pictures to Exe AV Studio 10, the application most commonly used by British AV workers
Wings - AV software used by many continental AV workers
IAC (Film & Video Institute - for AV licenses
Recording Licences Essential information for making your sound tracks
Audacity free sound editing software
Sound Effect Libraries Comprehensive set of links to various sources of Sound Effects
Sounddogs downloadable Sound Effects
Sound Effects - Downloadable sound effects - some free
Soundsnap Downloadable sound effects
Incompetech- Free & royalty free music
Purple Planet royalty free music
The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB)
We Transfer - send large files up to GB free over the internet

Events & Competitions
Please click on any of the links below
Peter Coles International AV Competition
Irish Photographic Federation AV Championships
Australian Photographic Society
321 International Competition for sequences up to 3 mins 21 secs
Citta di Garda, Italy
Chelles - French diaporma festival
Photographic Society of South Africa

FIAP AV Rankings
An updated list of rankings has been received and is available by clicking on this link. In the next edition of AV News we will publish an explanation of the requirements for the FIAP AV Distinctions and a detailed explanation of the information shown in the list.

RPS AV Group (Ireland)
The RPS Audio Visual Group (Ireland) meets several times a year to promote the development of audio visual (AV) production in Ireland. Whether you are an experienced AV worker, a beginner, or someone who would like to find out more, you will be made most welcome. Meetings include sessions on software; including PTE AV Studio, Photoshop and Audacity. We also cover sound and script methodology, and enjoy watching AV sequences. You can find us on Facebook.
For further details, please contact Mark Allen, BA, MSc, DPAGB/AV, 07531531247. The meetings are open to anyone – you don’t have to be a member of the RPS to attend.